In Congress, December 19, 1777
Subtitle: Whereas Sir William Howe, commander in chief of His Britannic Majesty's forces, has required, that provisions should be sent in for the subsistence of the American prisoners in his possession ... and has prohibited the circulation of the money struck by the authority of these states ... Resolved, that the accounts of all provisions ... supplied by the public to prisoners ... be liquidated and discharged, previous to the release of any prisoners ...
Contributors: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1778
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Prisoners of war -- United States.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Notes: Imprint supplied from Evans.
Followed by: In Congress, January 21, 1778. The Board of War ... esteem it their duty to state to Congress the following facts relating to the American prisoners, in the power of the enemy ... Signed at the end: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
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Evans 16112
Journals of the Continental Congress, 195